UNHCR has responded to the needs of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia since 2018. In 2021 so far, UNHCR together with its partners, has reached over 1 million IDPs in nine regions of Ethiopia with impactful interventions to improve their protection and support their durable solutions. In response to the staggering rise of internal […]
Day: November 19, 2021
UNHCR’s scaled up response to internal displacement in Amhara region – as of November 2021
Following the expansion of the conflict into Amhara region, UNHCR has started to scale up its response to the internal displacement situation in the region under the leadership of the Principal Emergency Coordinator. This scale up includes the increase of staffing and presence in the region, with the main coordination hub in Bahir Dar and […]
Ethiopia – Tigray Region Humanitarian Update Situation Report #22 – November 19, 2021
FAST FACTS In Ethiopia, International Medical Corps is operating 21 mobile health and nutrition teams (MHNTs), which have reached 678,130 internally displaced persons (IDPs) settled in more than 32 IDP sites in the Afar, Amhara and Tigray regions. International Medical Corps’ MHNTs are providing integrated health, nutrition, gender-based violence (GBV), mental health and psychosocial support […]
ACAPS Thematic report: The Eastern Migration Route: From Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia – risks and humanitarian needs
The Eastern Migration Route is one of the main migration routes globally, running from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia. It is among the busiest maritime migration routes; reports on 2019 movements indicate an average of 11,500 people boarding every month (IOM 14/02/2020), with 63% of the migratory movement tracked in the Horn of […]
Foreign Affairs Council (Development): Press statement by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell
At our meeting today, I updated Member States on the European Union response to the latest developments in Afghanistan, in Ethiopia and Sudan. And we have discussed the implications that the political situation has on our development assistance. We also had a fruitful exchange with Administrator of USAID [the United States Agency for International Development], Ms Samantha Power, at the Development Foreign Affairs Council. This […]
World Children’s Day: Joint Statement by the European Commission and the High Representative
Ahead of World Children’s Day on 20 November, the European Commission and the High Representative made the following statement: “Today, the world is home to the largest generation of young people in history. Sadly, millions of children in the world, including 18 million in the EU, still live in poverty or social exclusion. Many more […]